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Vernal plants resembling V. Brittontana ; differing in having 
peduncles and petioles pubescent, calyx-lobes ciliolate, middle lobe 
of leaf longer. Aestival plants differing from Il” Arittoniana in 
having larger leaves, with the middle lobe prominent, blades 
pubescent, on petioles about twice as long as blades. Cleistoga- 
mous capsules green, 12 mm. long, with some of the ovules abor- 
tive ; seeds brown. 
New Dorp, May, ios. N. L. Britton; June 8, 1907 (4757); 
Bradley Avenue, May 23, 1909 (5657), transplanted and specimens 
again taken Aug. 12 (5955). 
The change in name is due to the fact that . Brittoniana takes 
the place of V. septemloba of authors, not LeConte. 
33. Viola Brittoniana x papilionacea hyb. nov. 
Slightly pubescent on the upper surface and margin of leaves, 
otherwise glabrous, 1.5-3 dm. tall. Rootstock fleshy, short, 
erect or ascending. Vernal leaves purplish beneath, ovate, obtuse, 
crenate or lobed ; aestival leaves ovate to broadly triangular-ovate, 
irregularly toothed, or cut into falcate toothed or incised lobes, 
apex acute or obtuse, base cordate to truncate, blades 4-8 cm. 
long, 3-11 cm. wide, on petioles about three times as long. 
Petaliferous flowers large, the beard on lateral petals not strongly 
knobbed, peduncles equaling or shorter than the petioles; cleis- 
togamous flowers sagittate, on short decumbent or ascending 
peduncles ; capsules greenish, mottled with purple, about I cm. 
long ; seeds as in V. Brittontana. (PLATE 14.) 
In its vernal stages it resembles the corresponding crosses with 
V. affinis and V. cucudlata, but later its cleistogenes serve to deter- 
mine its relationship without doubt. A large vigorous clump was 
found in a meadow on the east side of Bradley Avenue, May 23, 
1909 (5658), transplanted, and specimens collected July 24 (5892), 
Aug. 6 (5gor), and Aug. 12 (5950, PLATE 14). A small plant 
was found at Great Kills, May 8, 1909, transplanted and specimens 
taken Aug. 12 (5949). The latter differs from the Bradley Avenue 
specimens in its smaller size, the later leaves less deeply cut, the 
calyx-lobes and auricles shorter, the capsules more purple, and 
the seeds dark, thus more approaching V. papilionacea in its later 
stage; while in its early stage it showed no marked differences 
from the other plants, except its smaller size. 
